Occupied City
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Google books | books.google.com |
|---|---|
| Originally published | 2009 |
| Authors | David Peace |
| Genres | Historical Mystery |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1402272 |
About Occupied City
Detective and mystery stories. A fierce, exquisitely dark novel that plunges us into post-World War II Occupied Japan in a Rashomon-like retelling of a mass poisoning (based on an actual event), its aftermath, and the hidden wartime atrocities that led to the crime. . . .
Ukraine war: Russia recruits prisoners for its invasion
... For example, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russia-installed governor of the Occupied City of Sevastopol in Crimea, on 17 October confirmed that one of the two Storm-Z members recently killed in fighting was an ex-prisoner who had " decided to atone for his guilt and signed a contract with the defence ministry in spring 2023"...
Ukraine war: The Russians hunting for cheap flats in occupied Mariupol
... He is among dozens of Russians who ve been looking for property in the Occupied City on VKontakte, Russia s most popular social network, in the past months...
Ukraine strikes Chonhar bridge to Crimea, says Russia
... It is also an important link to the Occupied City of Melitopol, which lies on the coastal route from the Russian border across southern Ukraine to Crimea...
Ukraine war: Zelensky accuses Russia of 'energy terrorism'
... Mr Zelensky s accusation comes as reports emerge stating that Russian troops are leaving the Occupied City of Kherson, signalling a major retreat for Russia...
'They started hunting for me': Ukraine politicians face torture in Russian detention
... In March, Viktoriia Roshchyna, a journalist with Ukrainian media outlet Hromadske, said she had been abducted and interrogated by FSB officers in the Occupied City of Berdyansk...
Ukraine war: Russia aiming to 'destroy' Donbas, Zelensky says
... And near the Occupied City of Kherson, the pro-Russian administration accused " Ukrainian saboteurs" of attempting to carry out the " failed assassination" of the Moscow appointed head of a town...
Ukraine war: Zelensky says Russia controls a fifth of Ukrainian territory
... The fighting comes as the mayor of the Occupied City of Mariupol accused Russian forces of executing civil servants who have refused to collaborate with the new Moscow-backed city authority...
Ukraine war: How Russia replaces Ukrainian media with its own
......
Ukraine war: How Russia replaces Ukrainian media with its own
Serhiy Starushko and his JournalistContent ='JJ Lin'> colleagues had just finished their morning editorial meeting in early March when Russian military vehicles drew up outside.
Within minutes, soldiers stormed through The FrontContent ='JJ Lin'> doors of the three-storey building, home to a local News StationContent ='JJ Lin'> Content ='JJ Lin'> in the occupied Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk.
About 50 employees were Held HostageContent ='JJ Lin'> for five hours.
They had become victims of the real-world fight to control the flow of information.
Russian forces are occupying towns, threatening journalists and demanding they spread pro-Kremlin views. Those who refuse are forced to close down their operations.
The strategy to replace Ukrainian media with pro-Kremlin press coverage includes capturing transmitter towers and switching off access to national Ukrainian news programmes in areas controlled by Russian forces. Instead, signals for pro-Russian broadcasts are Switched OnContent ='JJ Lin'> .
The StateContent ='JJ Lin'> Special Communications Service of Ukraine told The BbcContent ='JJ Lin'> that eight stations are being used to air " propaganda and disinformation" to The LocalContent ='JJ Lin'> population in southern Ukraine.
In Berdyansk, Serhiy - a broadcast JournalistContent ='JJ Lin'> - was forced to lie on camera and announce he was declaring A War against so-called ''Ukrainian nationalists". The Russians said they would post this coerced declaration online if he refused to co-operate.
" There were armed people everywhere, a few dozen of them, and I think five to six of them were from the FSB [Russian security service]. They said, 'now it's Russia, and if you want To Live , you'll have to co-operate', " recalls Serhiy , now safely out of the region.
For him and his colleagues, " co-operation" meant demands to divulge the contacts of local pro-Ukrainian activists and soldiers, and air pro-Russian propaganda. These were not empty threats.
" They took me to a separate room. They started beating me on my head, chest, legs, they were beating me with their knees and palms, So ThereContent ='JJ Lin'> were fewer bruises, " he says, recalling The IncidentContent ='JJ Lin'> .
" Then one of them threatened me with a gun: he held it To My head and genitals. They asked me if I wanted to call My WifeContent ='JJ Lin'> to say 'goodbye' to her. "
The NextContent ='JJ Lin'> day, Russian TV ChannelsContent ='JJ Lin'> showed a video claiming to show the capturing of The StationContent ='JJ Lin'> Content ='JJ Lin'> - But The BuildingContent ='JJ Lin'> was already empty when they turned up with cameras. The RussianContent ='JJ Lin'> reporter said the army had to take control of The StationContent ='JJ Lin'> Content ='JJ Lin'> because it was spreading " disinformation about The SituationContent ='JJ Lin'> in The CityContent ='JJ Lin'> ".
It was The LastContent ='JJ Lin'> functioning Ukrainian broadcasting company in Berdyansk. Another company was also shut down; national broadcasting has been cut off.
Before The InvasionContent ='JJ Lin'> , residents in the region could watch dozens of national Ukrainian ChannelsContent ='JJ Lin'> - and a few local ones - But these have since been blocked.
Unless they have a satellite dish, citizens in occupied cities Now OnlyContent ='JJ Lin'> have access to 24 Russian StateContent ='JJ Lin'> TV ChannelsContent ='JJ Lin'> and those ChannelsContent ='JJ Lin'> broadcasting from self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine.
" It's just fake news, I don't even want to watch it. They're brainwashing people, " says 28-year-old Anna (not her real name), who still lives in Berdyansk. She only watches a music channel and relies on limited access to The InternetContent ='JJ Lin'> for reliable news.
And now a Crimea-based channel has launched news bulletins for residents in what Russia calls the " liberated areas" of The SouthContent ='JJ Lin'> of Ukraine.
There's no mention of A War . Journalists claim " The LifeContent ='JJ Lin'> in the region has improved with The ArrivalContent ='JJ Lin'> of The RussianContent ='JJ Lin'> forces" and these areas " have real prospects to Get OutContent ='JJ Lin'> of The CrisisContent ='JJ Lin'> created by the Ukrainian authorities".
" This is a key part of The RussianContent ='JJ Lin'> strategy. Because information warfare is always a part of a Real WarContent ='JJ Lin'> , " explains Natalia Vyhovska, from the Ukrainian Institute of Mass Information.
" They start broadcasting Russian TV, they threaten independent journalists. They come with weapons to their newsrooms, their houses and their parents' houses. "
The same tactics were also employed when Crimea was invaded in 2014, an organisation that supports press freedom.
But as well as hijacking the airwaves, Russians are producing imposter Content - as Mykhailo Kumok, who owns a media company in the southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol, discovered.
After The RussianContent ='JJ Lin'> forces took over The CityContent ='JJ Lin'> , five armed officers knocked on his door. They confiscated his laptop and computer, and took Mykhailo and his wife to their base - for a " conversation".
They asked him why his media company called the Russians " occupiers". Mykhailo replied, what else should he call them?
" They started talking about so-called 'de-Nazification' and I replied, 'I'm a Jew, I'm a Russian-speaking Jew - so why did you come here? For me, you're nothing But occupiers'. "
Mykhailo says he wasn't going to co-operate with the Russians and publish their propaganda, so he decided to shut down both his newspaper and website. But he was shocked when he saw a fake newspaper with his company's branding being delivered to locals.
" That was a fake newspaper with terrible printing, But with our logo. On The FirstContent ='JJ Lin'> page there was a portrait of The MayorContent ='JJ Lin'> installed by Russia, a small portrait of Putin and a picture showing the occupiers helping those in need. "
One of the articles said The RussianContent ='JJ Lin'> authorities would lower gas prices, write off all bank debts and temporarily cancel all tax payments.
Unrealistic pledges which echo those made by Russia in annexed Crimea in 2014.
" That time they also promised The ResidentsContent ='JJ Lin'> [they would] write off credit debts, return their savings - But nothing happened, " says Eugen Fedchenko, chief editor of StopFake, a fact-checking organisation specialising in tackling Russian propaganda and fake news.
" That's why most Ukrainians understand that all these promises are just empty words. "
Mykhailo agrees. He is concerned that propaganda such as The FakeContent ='JJ Lin'> newspaper may influence older people, But most, he says, will look at What HappenedContent ='JJ Lin'> when Russian forces invaded Crimea and backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
" People here won't blindly believe the [Russian] media. First of all, they'll ask themselves, 'has My LifeContent ='JJ Lin'> become better or worse since The RussianContent ='JJ Lin'> troops invaded?' And life here has certainly become worse - almost for everyone. "
Source of news: bbc.com